Photo Number 2794

This is a snapshot from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

A couple standing outside a building marked Park.

Jan 21 1939 Addle and Perc Taken in front of Johnsons Cafe in Princeton Minn.

I think this is the same handwriting as Marv on the couch and the girls on the frozen lake.

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Photo Number 2793

This is a snapshot from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Nov 20, 1039

Hiking

Lake was frozen but was very warm at the time this picture was taken.

I believe that this photo and the one yesterday are taken by the same person.  So she/he has a friend named Marv.  AND there is no way I would stand on  a Minnesota Lake in November…fish and currents can cause thin ice.

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Photo Number 2792

This is a snapshot from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

On the back it says Winter of 38/39  Marv on the davenport

I wonder if it was a brand new davenport?

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Photo Number 2791

This is a snapshot from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Three men and a little boy and a dog.   Probably one of those three generation photos.

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A very long time ago…in May of 2010 I returned a photo to a fellow named Bob.  Sadly Bob died a few days ago and a friend of his notified me.  You can read about it here.

Photo Number 2790

This is a Real Photo Postcard from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

“a chip off the old block”

Don’t you wish you had been here last August when these were ripe.  These were not the largest melons either but some that Ipol? Col took to town and gave to his friends.  Mattie

It was mailed in 1911 possibly in California.  It is addressed to Mr G R Wheeler Terrace, Minn

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From MJM

Martha M Wheeler (1873-1955) was married to Elmer Elsworth Wood (1865-1945) and had a daughter Dorothy E Wood (1908-?). On the 1930 census, Elmer was listed as Colonel E Wood, so perhaps the name written on the postcard is the abbreviation Col.

From Iggy:
George R had a daughter named Martha...I wonder if this is the Mattie that wrote the postcard. Jennie A and Martha M were children with his first wife. May and George A with his second wife

Photo Number 2789

This is a Real Photo Postcard from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.


Dear Sister This is the picture of some kids around here our cousin took from Mother.
Lengby Mn ??
It is postmarked in 1915 from a town beginning in Le in Minn.  It was addressed to Miss Clara Olson Annandale Minn RR #3

Photo Number 2788

This is a Real Photo Postcard from the antique shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Christenson of Ada Minn was the photographer.  I found out it was R C Christenson and he was in business there in 1918.

Rosa Madona Merth

The postcard itself is an AZO that was used from 1904-1918.

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Update from Phryxe:

Rose Madonna Merth Christensen Born Jan 10 1915  in Minnesota Died June 18, 1989 in Washington.  Buried in Wall Walla WA.  Her mother was Lena Merth. She had many siblings; June, Marie,Shirley,Nadine,Joe and Victor.  

Rose's husband was Jerald E Christensen They had at least three children Ruth, Helen and Bob.  Rose and her husband were missionaries.